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Here’s How We Can Help
Sales & Marketing
Tech & AI
Pre-Licensing
Find An Agent
Ask An Expert
Insurance Illustrated
What stage is your agency in?
Running an independent agency in South Dakota looks different at year one than it does at year thirty. Find where you are below. We’ll point you toward the help that fits.
New to the industry or new to the agency.
Whether you’re a new hire studying for your license or an experienced producer joining your first independent agency, the early years come with a steep learning curve. Here’s where to plant your feet.
Pre-Licensing
Get your new hires exam-ready without pulling them off the floor. Pre-licensing built specifically for independent agencies, available online and in-person.
Continuing Education
On-demand CE and live courses, included with membership. Knock out your hours without the road trip.
Ask An Expert
Stumped on a coverage question? Submit it to IIABA’s experts and get a real, personalized answer. Better than guessing.
Insurance Illustrated
Twice a month, IIABA answers the coverage questions agents actually ask. A quick, practical read for anyone learning the trade.
Young Agents
Meet the next generation of South Dakota independents. Networking, mentorship, and the annual Young Agents Night at Convention.
Events & Networking
The Annual Convention, River Days, the Women’s Conference. Showing up is how you build the relationships that carry an agency career.
The day-to-day of running and scaling.
You’re past the basics. Now it’s about writing more business, tightening operations, and not getting steamrolled by the tech and regulatory changes coming at you every quarter.
Sales & Marketing
You know your clients best. We help you reach more of them with templates, campaigns, and proven tools for independent agents.
Tech & AI
Practical guidance on the tools that save real time. AMS, comparative raters, AI for client communication. Without the hype.
Cybersecurity
Independent agencies are among the most-targeted small businesses. The Agency Cyber Guide and policy templates help you defend yours.
E&O Insurance
Errors & Omissions coverage handled in-house by our program administrator. Real people, real answers, market access to multiple carriers.
Market Access
30+ commercial and personal lines markets through IIASD: auto, home, bonds, cyber, flood, life/health, and more.
Legislative Advocacy
What’s happening in Pierre directly affects your bottom line. We track every bill that touches insurance and show up when it matters.
Perpetuation, succession, and what comes after.
Most agency owners spend decades building something they haven’t planned how to leave. Whether you’re perpetuating to family, selling to a partner, or considering an outside buyer, the decisions you make now shape what your legacy looks like.
Perpetuation Planning
Internal handoff, funded buyout, or external sale. Each path has different timelines, tax implications, and risks. IIABA’s perpetuation resources walk through all three.
Agency Valuation
Before you can sell or transition, you need to know what your agency is actually worth, and what drives that number up or down.
Hiring & Recruiting
You can’t perpetuate to people you haven’t hired. Big I Hires helps you find, assess, and onboard the next producer.
Owner Conversations
Sometimes the most useful thing isn’t a resource. It’s a conversation with someone who’s been through it. We can connect you with peers who’ve sold, perpetuated, or are in the middle of it.
None of the above quite fits? Give us a call at 605-224-6234.